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Wiser Than the Wider Known


Growth Getting bigger Growing up Getting smarter These don't always go hand in hand I had to grow up Faster than I was growing I should have been 10 feet tall But I was just 10 Too wise to be backed into a corner again There's something sad about knowing Seeing what others don't It makes you different Different makes you alone Good for me though I like being alone Why interact With the dull majority I have embraced my different Knowing I can use it to make a difference I have my perspective I am wise I am all grown up In my growing body I was never anyone's girl I am my own man I'll take my T With my tea And I do not sympathize With the perspective of my enemy I have my perspective Alone as it once felt In my knowledge I am free My body is growing into me.
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